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May hemp bind those whom honour cannot
May our happiness be sincere and our joys lasting
May we never know sorrow but by name
May the honey of rectitude sweeten the bitterness of sorrow
May the cheerful heart never want a companion
May we never sacrifice at the shrine of deceit
May we never masque but at a masquerade
May the laws of humanity be put in force against the perpetrators
of cruelty
May poverty never stare us in the face without presenting
hope as her successor
May our principles be upright and our morals, pure
May discerning eyes bestow charity, and deserving objects receive it
May we never envy those who are happy, but always strive to imitate them
May we never murmur without a cause, nor ever have a cause
to murmur
May we derive amusement from businesss, and improvement from pleasure
May we never make a sword of our tongues to wound the
character of good men
May private grief never affect the public welfare
May hotesty never want a competency
May the hand of lenity heal the sores of calamity
Fidelity to our friends and feeling to our enemies
May we be always as merry as wise, and as wise as merry
May our commodities of all kinds be fairly and honourably
entered
May our conduct be such as to bear the strictest scrutiny
May length of days be crowned with prudence
May we always be in possession of the power to please
May we live long and enjoy the providence of Heaven
May our looks never be at variance with our thoughts
May the good name that is lost be always retrieved
May our pleasures be free from the stings of remorse
May the miser live unfriended and die unlamented
May misfortunes make us wise
May the extremities of modes be only imitated by fools
May modest dulness be always preferred to learned arrogance
May those of high birth be of a humble mind
May the body be as active as the mind
